BSO investigates two boat electronics thefts blocks apart in Pompano Beach, one worth $45,000

The Broward Sheriff's Office is investigating two separate thefts of expensive boat electronics that occurred just blocks apart in Pompano Beach, according to law enforcement.The most recent theft occurred over the weekend, targeting a boat docked behind a townhome complex off Southeast 4th Street. Surveillance footage captured a masked individual wearing gloves walking on the dock before stealing two 12-inch Garmin screens valued at thousands of dollars.A few weeks prior, boat owner Jon Martin experienced a similar theft outside his home on Southeast 2nd Street, where navigation equipment and sound systems were stripped from his vessel."We saw they took all the speakers, amplifiers, and Garmins $45,000 worth of damage," Martin said.Surveillance cameras at Martin's home showed a man walking toward the boat prior to the incident. Audio from the footage recorded what sounded like a cordless drill unbolting the equipment."They went in with cutters and cut every single wire," Martin said